Though composition instructors may explore how media affect the message, student writers rarely connect how specific media influence *their* messages. I ask writing students to re-envision their final essay--an analysis based on semester-long, self-selected research--and redevelop it in video. The project enables print writers to see and hear how directorial choices take on rhetorical power-- from audio, font, and color to video transitions and effects. Compiling comprehensive credits is "real world" citation. As students actively revise their writing while producing this project, they often truly begin to re-envision the essay itself.
The Assignments: Video Assignment Fa2008.pdf | Final Analysis Fa2008.pdf
Drafts:
Videos:
Revised Print:
Students Assess Their Revisions: